Quote by Ulrich Beck
Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, no

Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally. – Ulrich Beck

Other quotes by Ulrich Beck

The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion. – Ulrich Beck

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Religion
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All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many. – Ulrich Beck

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Religion
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply. – Ulrich Beck

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Peace
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Other Quotes from
Science
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The task of asking nonliving matter to speak and the responsibility for interpreting its reply is that of physics. – J.T. Fraser, Time, the Familiar Stronger, 1987

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Science

A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. – Max Planck, A Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers, 1949

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Science

Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting. – James D. Watson

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Science

I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction. – Neil LaBute

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Science

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A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. – Proverbs 17:22 (Bible: King James Version)

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Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music. – Isaac Stern

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Music

Quilters never grow old, they just go to pieces. – Author Unknown

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One succeeds in all Yogas through energetic practice—even if one is young, old, very old, sick, or weak. – Svatmarama, The Hatha Yoga Pradipika, translated from Sanskrit by Brian Dana Ake

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